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Episode 327Nov 23, 2020

Another COVID-19 vaccine looks promising, but who will take it?

Plus: The people President-elect Joe Biden has tapped to run the Treasury and State departments. Did you know Antony Blinken has a singing career?

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A volunteer receives a COVID-19 vaccination at the Research Centers of America in Hollywood, Florida.
A volunteer receives a COVID-19 vaccination at the Research Centers of America in Hollywood, Florida.
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AstraZeneca is the third pharmaceutical company in recent weeks to say it has a potentially viable coronavirus vaccine, and a cheaper one at that. With Marketplace’s Marielle Segarra, we’ll talk about how businesses can influence public health once we have a vaccine and even dare to imagine a day when kids can permanently go back to school. Plus: We talk about the people President-elect Joe Biden has tapped to run the Treasury and State departments. Did you know Antony Blinken has a singing career?

Here’s everything we talked about today:

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